The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) sees historic gains in Sunday’s state parliamentary elections in the eastern states of Saxony and Thuringia as part of broader national ambitions, the party’s co-chairman said. AfD co-chairman Tino Chrupalla suggested that further gains by the AfD will make it impossible for other German political parties to continue refusing to work with the AfD, which many have denounced as far too extremist and a threat to the country’s democracy. “Perhaps the apple isn’t yet ripe,” Chrupalla said at an AfD press conference in Berlin. “You have to be patient in po…